ok so i played the coushatta $230 again on 8/23. as i have mentioned before i have played this tourny 4 times and made the final table all 4 times. i knew a time would come that i woulndt make the final table but i dreaded it. would this be the one?
about 5 hands in to the tourny i look down at pocket jacks. long story short there is alot of raising and reraising going on...lots of money in the pot. then the flop comes something like 8 6 2 (2 clubs). alot more betting a raising and rerasing ensues then the turn. a 3 of diamonds. then i bet, shortest stack goes all in and another guy goes all in. wow...i have a decision to make now. i'm sure that i'm up against a set or a pair better than my jacks. but i call because i have so much invested in the pot and there is SO many chips in the pot from all 3 of us!!!
we turn over our hands and to my suprise: one guy is on a flush draw and one guy has a pair of 9's. my jacks are so far the best hand holy crap!!!!! the river is a blank and I basically triple up within the first 15 mintes of the tourny!!!!!!
for the next few hours i am playing soooooo good!!!! i am taking down every single pot that i enter with the exception of one hand which even though i lost the hand i lost only a few chips. i had an Ace high straight but i checked it down because there was 4 spades on the board and i did not have a spade. my straight was beat by the flush but like i said i didnt lose much on that hand.
anyway i'm totally in the zone and before i know it we are down to 2 tables!!! i have plenty of chips to get to the final table. in fact i could just fold my way to the final table if i wanted to! but here is where i had my big desicion to make: i could play super tight not play any big pots no matter what cards i had and make it to the final table for the 5th time in a row and cash for maybe 2k ooooorrrrr i could really go for it and try and accumulate alot of chips while everyone else is tightening up and try to get the final table with a moster stack and go for the win of 6k!!! Obviosuly option B was more risky but i felt like at this point i had already proven to myself that i could make the final again if i wanted to so i decided to go for it!
a hand came up, i had pocket queens. i raised and got called. the flop was all little cards, did not look dangerous at all. i bet and got called. the turn was again another little nothing card. i moved all in and got called by pocket kings. river did not help me and i was out in 15th place becuase he was the only person who had more chips that me at out table. oh well...thats poker.
it was a bummer, 2k would have been nice. but i'm still happy with my decision to go for it even though it didnt tuen out like i had wanted.
about 5 hands in to the tourny i look down at pocket jacks. long story short there is alot of raising and reraising going on...lots of money in the pot. then the flop comes something like 8 6 2 (2 clubs). alot more betting a raising and rerasing ensues then the turn. a 3 of diamonds. then i bet, shortest stack goes all in and another guy goes all in. wow...i have a decision to make now. i'm sure that i'm up against a set or a pair better than my jacks. but i call because i have so much invested in the pot and there is SO many chips in the pot from all 3 of us!!!
we turn over our hands and to my suprise: one guy is on a flush draw and one guy has a pair of 9's. my jacks are so far the best hand holy crap!!!!! the river is a blank and I basically triple up within the first 15 mintes of the tourny!!!!!!
for the next few hours i am playing soooooo good!!!! i am taking down every single pot that i enter with the exception of one hand which even though i lost the hand i lost only a few chips. i had an Ace high straight but i checked it down because there was 4 spades on the board and i did not have a spade. my straight was beat by the flush but like i said i didnt lose much on that hand.
anyway i'm totally in the zone and before i know it we are down to 2 tables!!! i have plenty of chips to get to the final table. in fact i could just fold my way to the final table if i wanted to! but here is where i had my big desicion to make: i could play super tight not play any big pots no matter what cards i had and make it to the final table for the 5th time in a row and cash for maybe 2k ooooorrrrr i could really go for it and try and accumulate alot of chips while everyone else is tightening up and try to get the final table with a moster stack and go for the win of 6k!!! Obviosuly option B was more risky but i felt like at this point i had already proven to myself that i could make the final again if i wanted to so i decided to go for it!
a hand came up, i had pocket queens. i raised and got called. the flop was all little cards, did not look dangerous at all. i bet and got called. the turn was again another little nothing card. i moved all in and got called by pocket kings. river did not help me and i was out in 15th place becuase he was the only person who had more chips that me at out table. oh well...thats poker.
it was a bummer, 2k would have been nice. but i'm still happy with my decision to go for it even though it didnt tuen out like i had wanted.
